1999 Dartford Borough Council election

Elections to Dartford Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election. The Labour party retained an overall majority on the council.

Election result

Dartford Borough Council Election Result 1999

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	28	0	6	-6
	Conservative	14	4	0	+4
	Residents	4	3	1	+2
	Independent	1	0	0	0

Ward results

Bean (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Alan Hammock	412	74.9%	+24.1%
	Labour	D. W. Whybrow	138	25.1%	−24.1%
Turnout			550	44.8%	−6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	24.1

Brent (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael George Dando	837
	Labour	Margaret Anne Eaton	803
	Labour	Rosemary Bryant	802
	Conservative	S. A. Howson	508
	Conservative	E. F. H. Prior	499
	Conservative	J. M. Horley	487
Turnout				33.2%	−15.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Darenth (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samson Patrick Carey	597
	Labour	Thomas William Cook	596
	Conservative	B.W. Ballard	274
	Conservative	John Kirby	250
Turnout				31.5%	−11.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Galley Hill (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Michael Arthur Crosby	304
	Residents	J.B. Harvey	195
	Labour	Howard Graham Dold	184
	Residents	M.D.G. Jackson	137
	Labour	A.M. Fulcher	135
	Independent	Barry G. Poppy	57
Turnout				24.8%
	Independent hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

Greenhithe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Conrad Broadley	335
	Residents	G.H. Jones	324
	Labour	Marion J. Lawrie	273
	Labour	T.G. Parry	267
Turnout				20.5%
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing

Gundulf (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Deborah Jane Stoate	847
	Labour	A.C. Batty	832
	Labour	Geoffrey Truscott Prout	820
	Conservative	Dorothy M. Shakespeare	513
	Conservative	Alan H. Horley	492
	Conservative	James N. Wedgbury	477
Turnout				42.0%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Charles Harry Smith	878
	Conservative	Kenneth Frank Martin Leadbeater	848
	Conservative	Patricia Anne Thurlow	816
	Labour	Marilyn Sharon May	722
	Labour	D.J.M. Stock	711
	Labour	G.M. Street	682
Turnout				39.5%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horns Cross (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivor Thomas Noel Jones	239
	Independent	J.T. Read	127
	Conservative	Christopher C. Muller	45
Turnout				30.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Joyce Green (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Muckle	493
	Labour	Leonard Eaton	488
	Conservative	J.A. Simpson	104
	Conservative	Jennifer Ann Rickwood	98
	Liberal Democrats	D. Buchanan	79
Turnout				25.6%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Littlebrook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ivan Muckle	562
	Labour	Andrew Sawford	490
	Conservative	D.W. Davies	175
	Conservative	P.A. Newell	171
Turnout				25.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Longfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Dunn	904
	Conservative	Albert Raymond Bassam	865
	Conservative	Jeremy Alan Kite	842
	Residents	R.C. Higgins	463
	Residents	R.J. Eagles	433
	Residents	J.L. Rice	352
	Labour	Alistair Jordan	290
	Labour	Peter Beckett	259
	Labour	Maureen Anna Jansseune	254
Turnout				40.8%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

Maypole (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard J Hamilton	559
	Conservative	C. Brown	555
	Labour	Anne Elizabeth Burke	300
	Labour	Stephen John Sherrell	284
Turnout				32.7%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Miskin (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Gerald Byrne	536
	Labour	Trevor Alan Rogers	499
	Conservative	Edward John Lampkin	468
	Conservative	Robert A. Marr	445
Turnout				42.8%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Newtown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David John Baker	713
	Labour	Austen Raymond Brooker	697
	Labour	Graham Christopher David Steele	636
	Conservative	Robert John Etheridge	327
	Conservative	A.J. Salway	323
	Conservative	Doreen Edna Coleman	311
Turnout				27.4%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Princes (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David May	747
	Labour	Margaret Anne Stock	702
	Labour	Victor William Stock	650
	Conservative	Murdo Macleod	224
	Conservative	Richard Stewart Mortimer Green	221
	Conservative	Edna May Oborne	209
	Independent	P.J. Ripley	92
Turnout				25.9%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	B.P. Wood	260
	Conservative	M.J. O'Neill	155
Turnout				24.8%
	Labour hold		Swing

Southfleet (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Noreen Salway	387
	Labour	Julie Dando	81
Turnout				44.5%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stone (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Phillips	620
	Labour	Derek Ernest Lawson	609
	Labour	D.P. Ward	576
	Conservative	Barbara Gladys May Bell	333
	Conservative	Nancy Catherine Wightman	319
	Conservative	P.T. Cole	315
Turnout				20.3%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton At Hone and Hawley (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Francis Coleman	775
	Conservative	Malcolm A Nothard	653
	Labour	Stephen Robert David de Winton	478
	Labour	Kenneth R Nicholls	450
Turnout				38.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Swanscombe (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Bryan Ernest Read	357
	Labour	Malcolm J. Munn	313
	Labour	P.R. Defty	297
	Residents	W.S. Cunningham	260
Turnout				29.8%
	Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wilmington Central (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul W. James	496
	Conservative	Derek Edward Hunnisett	393
Turnout				49.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

Wilmington East (1)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Anthony Maddison	282	62.1%	+7.5%
	Conservative	Marilyn Iris Peters	172	37.9%	+7.8%
Turnout				34.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

Wilmington West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Allen	849
	Conservative	Lyn Mason	781
	Labour	D. M. Brooker	340
	Labour	J. W. Shoult	340
Turnout				48.4%
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• "Results of Bye Elections Held 6 May 1999". Dartford Borough Council. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.